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APPLICATION FILED HAR. I0. i916.

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Patented Aug. 5, i919'.

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i Him-5' L. S. HOLMBOE.

TALKING MACHINE.

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Patented Aug.

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Specification of Letters Patent. *Patented Allg. 5,1919.,v

Application led March 10, 1916. S'erial No. 83,375.

To` ZZ fw 71.0111y t may con cern Bc it known that I, LAURENCE S. Home non, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' 0klalioma, in the county of Oklahoma and .State ot Oklahoma, have invented an Attachment or improvement in Talking-Machines, ot which the following 1s' a specification.

rllhls invention is an improvementA 1n talking machmes and has particular reference to a machine of the disk type wherein a reproducer carrying arm 1s operated to move conclusion of .the to raise the sound box or reproducer from transversely,across a record. during the' reproduction thereof. I

An object of the invention is to provide a mechanism automatically operated, at the reproduction of a record,

engagement with the record and return the same, together with the tone arm, to its original or starting position, sound box is again lowered and the stylus caused to engage the record groove. To this end, thereis rovided Va tone arm actuated vlatehing mem er which -is thrown to a -releasing position, when the sound box has traversed the record groove, to permit the rotation'of a disk or similar element. This rotation of the' latter member is designed to operate a lever and cause the same to engage a lifting arm which raises the sound box from the record and then, through' the medium of the further movement of Athe lever, swings. the same, together with the tone arm, to its original position with thesound bon lstill elevated. Still further movement of the said lever releases said litting arm and allows the reproducing stylus to be lowered into contact with the record after which the rotary disk is automatically. stopped by engagement with said latching member and the parts are in position for another operation.

Moreoventhe invention has for another object the provision of novel mechanism for `automatically reproducing several records successively wlthoutthe necessity of remov ing and replacing a record after the complereproduction. lin carrying out .this .object the invention' provides a sup- 'fi'n whic lare mounted ille/'- imm-tabl@ a l records iunted inthe path of carin, vas the same is ormai position, and 1s whereupon the n r'superimposed` relation.`

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actuated, through suitable ccmnecti'ons, to give the shaft, to which are secured a number of record supporting 1nembers,a partial mechanism 4is arranged so that the record isdropped just previous to the return of thc'sound box to its original position.

It is also proposed to enable the repetition of the reproduction of a record severaltimes,`

and this is accomplishedby advancing'or rotatingeach record a certain distance, so that the Vslots in the lowcrmost record will not register with said members until the desired `number of repetitions have been made.

The inventive idea /involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, 'one of which, :tor the purpose of illustrating the invention, is shown in the accompanying drawings; but it is to be expressly understood that said drawings are merely for the purpose of facilitating the description of the invention as a whole, andy not to define 4the limits thei'eot; reference being had to the appended claims for this purpose.

g llnthe drawings Figure l'is a plan View of the apparatus, the sound box being shown, in full lines, as

nearing the completion bf a reproduction the parts in the position assumed' just'after they soundbox has traversed the entire record groove. l `1 Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing the parts in the position ass'sumed at the beginning of the actuation of the sound box lifting device.

-Fig. 6 is a side elevation ,showing the parts in the position when the tone arm has Vreached 'the dotted line position shown in Fig. 7 is a side elevationand diagrammatic View of certain of the parts when the sound box is in the position shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 when the parts are in the position just previous to the relowering of the sound box toward the turn-table of the machine.

Fig. 9 is a slightly enlarged view similar to Fig. 7 showing the adjustability of a certain part whenemploying different sized records. 1

F ig. 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 11 and 12 are sections on the lines 11-11 and 12-12 of Figs. 2 and 6, respectively.

One form of the invention, illustrated in the drawings, is so constructed that the same may be readily applied to certain talking machines now commonly used, which include the'usual turn table 15 upon which are supported the different disk records, the swinging tone arm 16, and the sound box or reproducer 17 having the usual stylus 18.

The invention consists .of a shaft 19 having a-suitable connection with the usual motor (not shown) for operating` the machine and said shaft is rotated and held stationary, when desired;` throu hthe medium of any suitable clutch mec nismA also associated therewith but not shown in the drawings. The shaft 19 is mounted in a suitable support 20 and has secured to one end thereof a rotatable disk 21 having a shoulder 22 on its periphery. When-the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3 a latching mem' ber 23, pivoted at 24 to the support 20, has a shoulder 25 in engagement with the shoulder 22 on the disk 21 and a. small spring 26 i retains said latehing member in this position so as. to'prevent rotation of said disk and consequent rotation. of the shaft 19.

Means are provided for lifting the sound box 17`from engagement with the record at the completion of the reproduction thereof and consist of a sound box lifting device 27 in the form of lever pivoted at 28 to an arm 29 extending from the main portion of the tone arm'16. One end 300i theA lifting device 27 engages the under side of the goose neck of the sound box while the other end is curved as indicated at 31 and adapted to be engaged at the completion of a reproduction by an Vangular piece 32 carried by the upper end of the lever 33. In order to permit of this engagement and consequent actuation of the sound box lifting device 27 the tone arm 16 has secured thereto a contact member 34 which, after the stylus 18 has traversed the record groove, engages or contacts with the latching member 23 and thrusts the same to the posi-tion shown in Fig. 4 whereupon the shoulders 22 and are disengaged and the disk 21 permitted to rotate. It is to be noted that at the beginning of the rotation of said disk the reproducer or sound box lifting device is in engagement with the end ,i

32 of the lever 33, as shown, and remains until the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 8. The disk 2 1-is provided with the laterally extending pin 35 which engages in the slot 36 formed in the lever 33, said lever being also provided with another slot 37 at its lower end into which projects a pin 38 carried by the support 20. As the rotation of the disk 2'1 continues the pin 35 engages the lower end of the slot 36 and causes the end 32 of the lever 33 to describe a predetermined path of movement, as shown in Fig. 7, with the assistance of a cam member 39 adjustable by means of an arm 40' to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 9 when it is desired to reproduce larger records. This cam member 39 includes spaced elements, the upper one adjustable, which provide a slot 41 therebetween and a pin 42 carried by the lever 33 engages under the lowermost element of the cam, as shown in Fig. 7, just after the disk 21 has started to rotate. The lower end of the lever 33 containing the slot 37 is forced downwardly, during this movement, against the tension of a spring 43 until the upper end of said slot 37 is in engagement with the pin 3S whereupon said pin will act as a fulcrum for said lever for a short space of time. Upon reaching the farther end of the lowermost element of the cam 39 the pin 42 will ride over said end and, by reason of the tension of the spring 43 secured to the lower end of the lever 33, said pin will be caused to engage the upper element ofthe cam 39 and be forced into the slot 41 between said elements. Continued rotation of the disk 21 will swing the lever so that the pin V42 will move .to the other end of the slot 41 until disengaged'from the upper element of the cam 39. Up to this time it will be seen that the sound box or reproducer lifting device 27 has'been adjusted'to its lifting posi-tion` as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and that the same remains in this yposition throughout the movement of the lever 33 and consequent movement of the tone arm 16 to its original or starting position. When the pin 42 disengages from the slot 41, the spring 43 will cause the upper end of the lever 33 to suddenly take an upward vertical course` as clearly shown in Fig. 7, whereupon the lift-- l ing device 27will be lowered and permit the los lBy referring to the tone arm 16 as the same is moving transversely across the record during the reproduction thereof. I i

The invention also contemplates the automatic reproduction of several records 4in succession, and to this end'there is provided a substantially U-shaped frame 44 which is preferably. secured to the chine and overhangs'the turn-table -15 thereof. The horizontal member of the' frame 44 has extending laterally therefrom an arm 45 on which is mounted a reciprocating member 46 having a slot 47 adjacent its.

outer end for receiving therein a pin 48 rcirie outer extremity of the reciprocating member 46 is provided with a depending contact rod 49 which is engaged by a portion of the tone arm 16 when the same is being moved to its original or starting position whereby said member 46 is adjusted tojthe full line position shown in Fig. 1 against tlietension of a spring 50, the limit of salidmovement being assumed whenthe tone arm is in the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 1 just previous to the return thereof tothe original position. The other extremity of the member 46 is provided-with a small extension or pawl 51 which, as lthe'member is being moved as just described, engages one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 52 which is se cured to the-upperend of a vertical shaft 53 thus giving said shaft approximately onetwelfth of a revolution, as shown in the drawings. I

The shaft 53 is mounted directly over the central post of the turntable upon which the records are mounted and has extending therefrom, intermediate its ends, a'number, preferably three, record supporting arms54, 54 and 54 having small anti-friction rollers 5 5 carried by the extremities thereof, said rollers being adapted to vengage the bottom face of the lowermost of a plurality of superimposed records 56. 'lhe supporting arms are pending spiral extensions 57 the purpose of which is to cause lthe record to rotate as the same is lbeing lowered onto the turntable 15 whereby sa'id record will be rotated with approximately the same speed as the turntable when the same engages thereon, thus preventing undue friction. Moreover, such rotation of-the record 56 as the same is being lowered along theshaft 53 will, by reasonv of the centrifugal action, prevent the same from dropping upon` the turn-table. The horizontal portion of the frame 44 also has .depending a y i 1,312,250

casing of the mapreferably provided with de# withtoo great a force i therefrom a stoppin 58 wh-ich engages in one of a number of openings 59 formed in the records 56 whereby said records are prevvented from turning until the same have dropped below the lower extremity of the pin.

In order to readily permit o'f the records being lowered onto the turn table the same are each provided with radially extending slots or openings ($0, 60', and (30, correspending in number to the number of record supporting arms the same shape as said arms but of slightly larger. proportions so that when the shaft 53 is rot-ated and one ofthe arms is brought into registration with its particular opening. or slot .the record will be lowered.l In the embodiment shown in the drawings provision is made for mounting three records upon the supporting arms and the parts for rotating the shaft 53 are adjusted so ithat said shaft is given one-twelfth of a revolution when actuated thereby. ln order to avoid confusion in the illustration of the j invent-ion, as shown in Fig. 11, the slots for ,only the lowermost and the next superimposed records are. shown, respectively in -dotted and full lines. Referring to Fig. 11

it will be seen that when the shaft 53 is rotated in a clock-wise direction the, supporting arms 54, 54 and 54 will rotate one-twelfth of a revolution, as previously stated, and will then be in registration with the slots G0, 60 and 60', shown in dotted lines which will permit of the record being lowered. The position of the record as just described is also clearly illustratedv n Fig,

and of substantially 12.' Upon the lowering of the lowermost4r record the next superimposed record will be lowered by gravity onto the supporting arms and when theshaftr 53 is next actuated as previously described, the same operation will take place. Should itV be desired to re peat`the mounted upon the turnftable of the machine, the superposed records arefadvanced, by hand', in a clockwise direction, either onetwelfth or two-twelfths of a revolution laccordingto whether or not it is desired to have one or two repetitions. Thus by moving the lowermost` record from the dotted 'line position of the sl0ts,`as shownin Fig. 11,l to the full line position thereof and in turn adjusting` the next superimposed rec ords to one position 1n advance of their original locationsv 1t action of the tone arm and sandbox, as

previously described, will still take place and i the turn-table willthe record already on reproduction of a, record which isr rotated, will not be repeated. Shouldl it bedesired to vreproc duce the record three times, instead of two as just described, the superposed records are advanced another twelfth of a revolution whereupon at the end of the third reproduction the supporting arms will register with the openings in the lowermost record and the same will be lowered onto the turnrelease said revoluble member at the end.

of a reproduction.

2. In a talking machine, the combination o f the tone arm having a sound box pivoted thereon, a sound box lifting device piv-l oted adjacent to the sound box and having a portion extending to one side, a contact vmeinbercarried by the tone arm, a lifting lever in .position to be approached by the liftin device as'the sound box traverses a i recor a revoluble member havlng connection with the lifting lever, and a latch normallyl holding the revoluble member inoperative, said latch being in position to be approached by the contact member on the tone arm, and engaged thereby at the completion of a reproduction.

3. In a talking machine, the combination of a swinging tone arm, a sound box carried thereby, a lifting device for the sound box, a lever arranged to be engaged by said lifting device to raise said sound box at the completion ofl a reproduction, a revoluble member with connections4 for moving said lever to convey said tone arm and sound box to their starting positions, and a latch for` retaining the revoluble member in inoperativeposltion while the -stylus of the sound box is traversing the record groove, and operated by contact with the tone arm, when said groove have been traversed, to release the revoluble member. A

4. In a talking machine, the combination of a swinging tone arm, a sound box carried thereby, a lifting device for the sound box, a lever actuated to engage said lifting' device, to raise said sound box at the completion of' a reproduction, automatically operated means'for moving said lever to convey said tone arm and sound box to their starting positions, and revolving ratchet actuated-means operated upon by said tone arm on thev return of the tone arm t o its starting position, for feeding another record onto the turn-table of the machine.

' 5. In a talking machine', the combination of a swinging tonearm,'a sound box carried thereby, automatically operated means for raising the sound box from engagement with the record at the completion of the reproduction thereof :and returning said sound box to its starting-position, and pawl and ratchet mechanism operated automatically for dropping another record onto the turntable of the machine at the completion of 75 the first reproduction and before the arrival of the sound box to its starting position.

6. In a talking machine, the combination of a tone arm, a sound box carried thereby,

revoluble means for supporting .a plurality 80 of records over the turn-table of the machine, automatically operatedmeans for ele- 'vating the sound -box'upon the return of the tone arm to the starting position after the completion of the reproduction of a record, g5

means operated by said return' movement to partly revolve the record supporting means to lower one of the superposed vrecords onto said turn-table, and means for.y retaining the last-named means in inoperative position while the stylus of the sound 'box is traversing the record groove. 7. In a talking machine, the combination of a turn-table, means for supporting) a plurality of records above said. turn-ta means automaticallv operated to lower one l of said records onto the turn-table after the completion of the reproduction of the preceding record thereon, and means for rcvolving said record as the same is lowered. 100

` 8. In a talking machine, the combination of a swinging tone arm, a turn-table, means for supporting ya plurality of records above saidA turntable,""means operated by the return of the tone arm to its starting position after a reproduction for lowering one of said superposed records onto said turn-table, andl means for revolving said record as the same is lowered.

9. In a 4talking machine, the combination 110 of a turn-table, a swinging tone arm, asound boxcarried thereby, a frame mounted above said turn-table, a rotatable shaft carried by said frame, record supporting arms secured to said shaft, a. plurality of records mounted on said arms and provided with openings adapted to register therewith when said sha t is rotated, and means carried 'by said frame and adjustable relative thereto to rotate said shaft after a completion of the rcl production of a record on said turn-table to permit one of the records supported on said arms to be lowered onto said turn-table.

10. In a talkingmachine, the combination of a turn-table, a swinging tone arm, a 125 sound box carried thereby, a frame mountedv above said turn-table, a rotatable shaft carried by said frame, record supporting arms secured to said shaft, a plurality of records mounted on said arms and provided carriedby said frame, record with when said shaft is rotated, and means operated, by the return of the tone arm and sound box to their original positions, to rotate said shaft whereby one of the records superposed above the turn-table isloweredA onto the same. e

' l1. `lin a talking machine, the combination l of a turn-table, a swinging tone arm, a sound boxl carried thereby, aframe mounted above s`a1d turn-table, a rotatable shaft carried by said frame, record supporting arms secured to said shaft, a'plurality of records mounted on said arms and vprovided with openings adapted to register therewith. when said shaft is rotated, means operated, by the return of the tone arm and sound box to their original positions, to rotate said shaft whereby oneof the records superposed above `the turn-table is lowered onto the same, and means for -rotating said recordas v the'same is being lowered.-

12. lin a talking machine,the combination' of a turn-table, a swinging tone arm, a sound box carried thereby, a frame mount# ed above said turn-table, a rotatable shaft supporting arms secured-to said shaft, a plurality of after the. slots therein `said supporting arms and the same has been i records mounted on said arms and provided with openings adapted' to register therewith when said shaftis rotated, means operated, by the return ofthe tone arm 'and sound box to their original positions,.to rotate said shaft whereby one of the records, super-posed above the turn-table is lowered onto the same, a stoppin carried by said frame and engaging said superposed records to pre thereof when said shaft is for rotating the recordl have registered with vent rotation rotated, and means disengaged from said stoppin.

13. `In a talking machine, the combination with a swinging tone arm, a sound box car-i permit the'rota'tion of said rotary oted adjacent to rie-d thereby, a. sound box lifting device piv-, j

oted to said tone arm, an actuating levei` for said lifting device, a rotatable element associated with said lever and adapted to cause the same to engage said lifting device to raise the sound box olf' of a record after the completion of a reproduction and convey said sound box and tone arm to their` starting positions,

means for guiding said lever whereby to cause the same to describe a predetermined path lof movement., and means for retaining isaid lever stationary While the stylus of the sound box is traversing a recordgroove, saidv means being actuated'by the tone arm atthe completion of the reproduction to release saidlever and element.- In a talking machine including abox, a lifting device pivthe sound box having one box and one end free, a-

, 14. traversing sound end engaging said and releasing said end of the inward free hooked end, a

. lever and lifting lever adaptedto be engaged by said free end at the end of the inward travel of the Sound box,.an'externally driven member for actuat# ing the lever and-operating the lifting device to lift the sound box, a latch 'engaging and normally,

with the sound boxfor engaging the latch movement of the sound box.- I

15. I 'n a talkingV machine. includinga traversing sound box, a lifting device pivoted beneath the sound box with one end engaging said box, the free end having a hook portion, an automatically actuated lever positioned to be approached by the free end of the lifting device as the sound box travels inwardly, and an angular piece carried by said lever for receiving the hook end ofthe lifting device. l

16. In a talking vmachine including a traversing sound box and a tone arm, a lifting device pivotedbeneath'the sound box having one end engaging said box and a free hooked end, a lever arranged to be approached by the soundbox as it travels -inwardly, an angular piece carried by said lever for receiving said hooked end, an -operating disk'having a connection with said lever and a shoulder on the periphery, a latch engaging said shoulder andnormally holding said diskl from operation, and a contact member Vcarried by@ the tone arm arranged to engage said latch torelease the traversing. sound box, a lifting device pivoted beneath the sound. box and having a lever for operating the lifting device; having an angular piece for receiving the hooked end, an operating disk driven member at the said hooked end. 17. In a talking machine including av for said lever, a pin carried by said lever,

and a cam for guiding the pin and causing the lever and lifting device" to move in a prescribed path upon rotationof the operati'ng disk. 18. -Ina talking machine including a traversing sound box, a lifting device pivoted beneath the sound box and having a free hooked end, a lever for operating the lifting device, having an angular piece for receivcarried by said lever, a

said lever, a pin n the pin and causing the caml for', guiding Iscribed path upon rotation of the operating disk, and means for adjustingthe cam.

- 19. 'In a talking 4mac ine including a travlifting device for the hooked end, an opering the hooked end, an operating disk for.

device to move in a preed end, said lever having liso the lever, a cam contacting the pin and con trolling the movement of the lever, a spring holding. the pin in engagement Awith the cam, and an operating disk having a pin movable inthe ymedial slot.

20. In al talking machine including a traversing sound box, a lifting device for the sound box having a hooked end, an actuat ing levier for the liftino device including an angular piece engagea le Vith the hooked en an operating disk having a pin and slot connection with said lever, and a cam loated beneath the operating disk with a pin connectionwith said lever. coacting withsail operating diskto move said lever laterally and vertically..

2l. In a talking machine including a turn table, a frame mounted above the turn-table. a rotatable shaft supported on the frame and extending to the turn-table, a plurality of arms mounted on said shaft forming sup ports for a pile of records, said records having radial slots registrablc with said arms, means for turning the shaft and thc arms beneath the pile of records, and antifriction rollers carried by the arms engaging the lowermost record.

22. In a talking machine including a turntable, a supporting frame, a shaft revoluble on said frame, a plurality of radially extending arms mounted on said shaft for supporting a pileof records, said'records having radial slots, means for turning the shaft to move said arms beneath the record pile into registration with the slot in the lowermost record, anti-friction rollers carried by the arms in engagement with the lovvermost record, and spirally shaped Webs included in the arms for revolving the loWermost record upon release from the pile.

23. The combination withv a phonograph, of an attachment tothe phonograph for changing and repeating records, consisting of a record supporting frame, record releasing means actuated by the tone arm, pivoted means clamped to the tone arm and adapted to engage and lift the sound box at the 'end of the record, means'arranged to actuate- A'said lifting means at the end of the record, and a contact member clamped to the tone arm, adapted to engage and render said actuating means operative at the end of the record.

2l. The combination with a phonograph including the turn-table and tone arm, of an attachment removably secured to the phonograph casing and the tone arm, consisting of a bracket spanning the turn-table, means pendent from said bracket and supporting a plurality of records, sound box and tono arm returning means mounted on said casing, means mounted on the tone arm for simultaneously rendering said returning mechanism operative and lifting the sound box through the operation of said mechanism, and means mounted on said record support engageable by the tone arm at the end of its return movement, and in operative engagement With said pendent support to partly turn said support to release a record.

:55. The combination with the turn-table oi a phonograph` of a record support spanning the turn-table and'secured to the phonograph casing by externally accessible moans. a pendent shaft carried by said support in alinement with the central post of tho (urntable, a plurality of records carried b lhc shaft, said records having radial slots disposed out of alinement with eachother. and means carried by said shaft beneath the rccords supporting the pile from the bottom. and susceptible of registration with the ra dial slots of the lovvermost record upon partial revolution of the shaft.

26. The combination With the turn-table of a phonograph, of a shaft in coaxial alinement With the central post of the turn-table,

Aa record pile carried by the shaft, said records having radial slots out of alinement with each other, means engaging the lowermost record and imparting a spiral motion to the lower record upon release thereof by regist ation of said supporting means with the radial slots therein, and means for partially revolving said shaft to bring said sup'- porting means into registration `with said slots;

LAURENCE seomtn aoLMoE.

Witnesses .DELLA HYNDs, J. A. HoLMBoE. 

